pharmacyTECHNOLOGYroundup

Kirby Lester Unveils KL20

Kirby Lester (Lake Forest, IL) recently
introduced the KL20 pharmacy
counting and verification system with
important advances in workflow management,
order tracking, and patient
medication safety. The KL20 incorporates
true, 2-way interfacing with
pharmacy management systems. It
includes all new software, large touchscreen,
and user-friendly directions.
Pharmacists and technicians benefit
from onsite control of bar-code setup,
simple verification steps, and the ability
to turn workflow software features on
and off. For more information, e-mail
, or call 800-641-3961.

Facts & Comparisons 4.0 Provides Timely Drug Data

Facts & Comparisons 4.0, part of
Facts & Comparsions (St Louis, MO)
drug information solutions, is "Your
Answer for Drug Answers." With Facts &
Comparisons 4.0, individuals can count
on the most current, accurate, and
actionable drug answers to clinicians critical
questions; the most comprehensive,
up-to-date and in-depth drug reference
backed by >60 years of experience; and
100% independent and objective drug
intelligence and facts with unequalled
comparative tables. For more information,
visit www.FactsandComparisons.com and sign up for a free 30-day trial.

InnovationRx Launches Adherence Service

InnovationRx's (Newton, MA) new
comprehensive medication adherance
service educates and empowers
patients to take more control over their
medication and health. Key elements of
InnovationRx service include adherence
assessment, pharmacist-staffed call center,
medication reminders, care management,
and extensive reporting capabilities.
Furthermore, patients
receive
a personal account at the InnovationRx
Web site. Through the homepage,
patients can access a full line of interactive
medication management tools as
well as access information about the
medications they are taking and learn
about side effects or reactions with other
medications or food. For more information,
visit www.innovationrx.com.

Shopper Vision Delivers Solutions

LearnSomething Inc (Tallahassee, FL)
has developed a way for pharmacists
to leverage their unique and respected
role to motivate clients to visit general
merchandise, OTC, and product/grocery
departments for wellness and related
products. Called Shopper Vision, the
technology delivers shopper solutions
where clients need them—in store
aisles. Shopper Vision provides interactive
digital signage that can be situated
near the pharmacy counter. Pharmacists
and staff need only encourage clients
to take advantage of the topics available
in the Shopper Vision series that
cover many of the most common health
needs, from skin care to joint and bone
health. Pharmacy staff can now direct
a patient to a resource that displays
remedies for health and wellness while
the patient is waiting for a prescription.
Visit www.learnsomething.com for more
information.

EnterpriseRx Available for Independent Pharmacies

McKesson Pharmacy Systems (San
Francisco, CA), a division of McKesson
Corp, recently announced the availability
of EnterpriseRx—a pharmacy management
system for independent pharmacies.
The system centralizes data,
reporting, pricing, and drug updates, providing
independents with the operational
control, visibility, and support needed to
help reduce costs and streamline administrative
tasks. The Web-based system's
innovative features include flexible,
queue-based workflow with activities
organized by user role, centralized databases,
and real-time communication.
Visit www.pharmacysystems.mckesson.com for more information.

Arizona Health Center Uses Telepharmacy

El Pueblo Health Center near Tucson,
Arizona, has implemented ScriptPro's
(Mission, KS) Telepharmacy. The clinic
will transmit prescription orders electronically
to Health Center pharmacists
where they will be screened, approved,
and released back to the clinic for filling.
Pharmacy technicians at the clinic will
use ScriptPro telepharmacy scanning
stations to select prefilled containers
and other package items and label them
with instructions for the patients. As a
safety check, the technicians capture
electronic images of the pills, packages,
and labels and have them reviewed
by Health Center pharmacists. Every
clinic patient is counseled by a pharmacist
over a video link that is integrated
into the telepharmacy system. For more
information, visit www.scriptpro.com.

Pyxis DuoStation Increases Safety, Accuracy

Cardinal Health (Dublin, OH) recently
launched Pyxis DuoStation. The system
allows clinicians to safely and accurately
dispense both medications and medical
supplies from a single dispensing
machine. With the Pyxis DuoStation,
nurses use unique identifiers to log onto
the system. After log-in, a screen appears
and the nurse selects a patient and sees
a list of medications that have already
been verified by one of the hospital
pharmacists. The system also generates
reports that can be used to help identify
and prevent potential diversion, optimize
medication and supply use, and manage
costs. For more information, visit www.cardinalhealth.com.

RxHub, SureScripts Merge

The nation's retail pharmacies and
leading pharmacy benefit managers are
collaborating to untie the country's 2
leading health information networks.
The groups have merged RxHub and
SureScripts. The organizations will consolidate
their operations, forming a single,
secure, nationwide network for electronic
prescriptions (e-prescriptions) and the
exchange of health information. RxHub's
expertise in patient identification and
delivering drug benefit information to the
physician at the point of care complements
SureScripts' focus on e-prescriptions
routing from the physician's office
to the pharmacy. For more information,
visit www.SureScriptsRxHub.com.

Varolii Debuts Adherence Outreach Solution

Varolii Corp (Seattle, Washington)
recently introduced the Adherence
Outreach suite. The solution is an automated,
patient communications services
for retail, mail-order, and specialty
pharmacies that addresses the full
medication adherence lifecycle from
engagement to long-term prescription
management. The prepackaged, customized
application features Varolli's
Sea of Names, a large database of correctly
pronounced proper names and
medication nomenclature; variable, personalized
messaging based on input
data provided by the pharmacy gives
the ability to fine tune messages on an
ongoing basis; and a survey capability
that allows pharmacies to get insight
into medication-taking behavior. For
more information, visit www.varolii.com, or call 800-206-2979.